Join artist Ed Pien and curator Catherine Sicot to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Present: Past/Future in the J.S. Mclean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art. Toronto-based Ed Pien has been meeting twice a year with a group of elders in San Agustin, a suburban neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. Combining audio, video, photography and furniture into an immersive, multisensory environment, Present: Past/Future poignantly weaves together stories shared by the elders and moments captured by Pien since 2014.

This event is from 2-4 pm with remarks at 2 pm. A book signing will follow in shopAGO beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Image credit: Ed Pien. Dionne Clementina Anyo Reyes, 2019. Diptych: two colour digital prints on rag-cotton paper, 53.3 × 78.7 cm each print. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Claudio Pelaez Sordo